@article{ART001849503},
author={milim Lee},
title={Reform of the shogunate and color woodblock print of Utamaro},
journal={日本硏究},
issn={1229-6309},
year={2014},
number={36},
pages={363-380}
TY - JOUR
AU - milim Lee
TI - Reform of the shogunate and color woodblock print of Utamaro
JO - 日本硏究
PY - 2014
VL - null
IS - 36
PB - The Center for Japanese Studies
SP - 363
EP - 380
SN - 1229-6309
AB - It is told that Utamaro, Tyutazyu and Utagawa Toyokuni as well had been punishedby Edo Shogunate's Enforcement Ordinance in the first year of the Bunnka period. It wascommonly received view that the cause of incident of "the Evil of the brush" was ≪太閣五妻洛東遊観之図≫ and "the Picture of Nisiki" was the reason of the punishment.
However few records regarding "the Evil of the brush" can be found in the historicalrecords in the period of Edo. Moreover after the 20th century there is no manifestationabout "Basis" as well as most evaluation has even less credibility.
One of the significance about "the Evil of the brush" is that it is not the picture ≪太閣五妻洛東遊観之図≫ but it is showing a woman which was found in the essay written byKyokutei Bakin.
The five pictures of "the Picture of Nisiki" : <真紫久吉> <加藤清正> <紫田修理進勝家小谷の方> <武智十兵衛> and <福島左衛門> which were painted at the same time of≪太閣五妻洛東遊観之図≫ receive most attention. These five pictures show the importantmilitary commanders in the Warring States period and the period of Edo and they showwomen and prostitutes who were close to them. "The Picture of Nisiki" had a marginof trouble to circulate the false rumor or ridicule the name of military commanders suchas Ieyasu, which was the most worrisome to Shogunate.
In short, the five pictures of Nisiki by Utamaro has a scene to violate the 5th ruleof the Enforcement Ordinance which was announced in the period of Kyouho. Inexorabilityof punishment of the Shogunate's reform in the period of Edo was too notorious to beimagined in the present age. Utamaro had been imprisoned and hadcuffed for 50 daysand Tyutazyu was enforced to forfeiture the half of his property.
KW - colored woodcut;utamaro;period of edo;regulation;utagawa toyokuni;prostitute
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milim Lee. (2014). Reform of the shogunate and color woodblock print of Utamaro. 日本硏究, 36, 363-380.
milim Lee. 2014, "Reform of the shogunate and color woodblock print of Utamaro", 日本硏究, no.36, pp.363-380.
milim Lee "Reform of the shogunate and color woodblock print of Utamaro" 日本硏究 36 pp.363-380 (2014) : 363.
milim Lee. Reform of the shogunate and color woodblock print of Utamaro. 2014; 36 : 363-380.
milim Lee. "Reform of the shogunate and color woodblock print of Utamaro" 日本硏究 no.36(2014) : 363-380.
milim Lee. Reform of the shogunate and color woodblock print of Utamaro. 日本硏究, 36, 363-380.
milim Lee. Reform of the shogunate and color woodblock print of Utamaro. 日本硏究. 2014; 36 363-380.
milim Lee. Reform of the shogunate and color woodblock print of Utamaro. 2014; 36 : 363-380.
milim Lee. "Reform of the shogunate and color woodblock print of Utamaro" 日本硏究 no.36(2014) : 363-380.
